So it's basically one piss excuse for another?

Genius 

That should have been enough to set alarm bells ringing!😲

It's probably wishful thinking on my part that any other broadcasters have any interest. But this Paramount deal is in place so if they left you'd assume it'd be for a better deal. Otherwise you'd maintain the status quo. 

Not long after all the Aleague advertising began disappearing from Westfields around the country.... And (maybe its just the few that I frequent) Rebel sports stopped carrying Aleague jerseys and merch (at least as many as they used too) 

Lowy didn't predict shit. He didn't read the room and couldn't figure out everyone fucking hated him. On his way out while the door was hitting his arse, he fired off a "you'll be sorry" like any other mope who just got dumped. People make it out to be some Nostradamus moment.

Whyndham council built the APL one didnt they?

Some of the championship clubs are light years away from where they where 20 years ago mate. 

On the other hand, the pessimist in me says that we throw out our top division a second time and the clock restarts again with the nst clubs taking 20 years to get back to where they were

None of the top asian teams have a single national division and we will struggle to compete if we have so few pathways as we currently do

Hmm i dont think p and r works without a buffer division so the insane optimism in me says that this is all good because the apl will potter along but it weakens the apls bargaining position and we get p and r sooner

Any ‘marquee’ players will either depart or be forced to take huge paycut. Higher paid coaches too.

Aussie transfer thread will be in over drive in off season! Hope sub007 can cope 🤞

Must be necessary though even Albo’s on board with it 🤔🤫

meanwhile the AFL are going to get another stadium built for them by the government....

Doesn't age well that comment. FMD. 

too funnny must be fandom madness on reddit with the countless ex 442'rs jumping up and down - I can picture seeing them under water with long straws breathing some air lol.....

https://www.news.com.au/technology/motoring/new-cars/huge-call-for-thousands-of-tradie-ute-owners-as-law-firm-prepares-class-action-against-mazda-isuzu/news-story/50b3eb70460c76aea69fa89ce77d418c

Hot damn, the death spiral is real...... 

Get out of these ridiculous stadiums while we are at it and get back to suburban grounds 

Is pro football possible with this money?
Bear in mind also that it is almost impossible to imagine a buyer for the next tv rights. 
This has been coming for years. I'm kind of glad that it's come to the crunch at last. Very big off season coming up.
The A League needs a complete re think. Paramount was last chance saloon. 

WU vs Wellington GF in Abu Dhabi 2025??? Sounds like it could work, as long as they lay off the cloud seeding and they can dry out their football pitches in time :)

Some could apply for spots in the NST

(or would that be the NFT?)

We may see the competition fold in the off season.
A real possibility. 

He works for Abu Dhabi



Would laugh if Danny Townsend walks in with the cash though

I think Simon Pearce should just get the Saudis to buy the whole thing, clubs and all, and fill it with overpaid ‘superannuation’ players.
Surely 7 or 9 would be keen to get it.

We need a comic book series like Roy of the Rovers and Panini trading cards too. lol

Originally the A-League was exclusively on Fox. 
This forum: "We should have a match on FTA to get more eyeballs".

Things changed, so that SBS (and then later ABC) broadcast a match on FTA.
This forum: "Hardly anyone watches those channels. We need to be on a commercial network to get more eyeballs"

A-League goes to channel 10/Paramount with 2 matches per week on FTA.
This forum: "We need to be on multiple streaming services to get more eyeballs".

fair enough... but it has to be at least seen to be adding value to a company like Optus for them to even consider... The haven't shown an interest before, maybe if the price was "free to a good home" and all they had to do is host (an existing product) on their streaming service perhaps. Would make it alot more visible than it currently is I agree. 

as i said, not in the short term. 

Would be hard to make anything off the rights then if both "streamers" dont see the value.... 

So there was $30m a year available and it is down to $1m for next season.

How much "penalties around benchmark subscription rates not met" is worth is not mentioned but it must be a huge factor. It would be fascinating to know that figure and the "production costs" to have a proper picture.

Surely there is scope to market (with whatever dollars they have) and try to boost Paramount+ subscriptions - but a drop in revenue from potential 30 to 1 actual screams financial negligence. Not that it is news to us following the Keepup stupidity.

Edit: Re-reading the details. So it has gone from $30m to $5m this last year, and the central fund has dropped for each club from $2m this last year to $1m next year. Separate things the $30m and the $1m for all that the first flows into the second.